Well, I flunked my medical, now what ?

The question is germane, I have an airplane that is going to be sitting
until this happens.

You can still fly with an instructor, or even with another pilot willing
to be PIC.

Jose
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"Scott Moore" wrote in message
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Scott Moore wrote:

Thanks for the good answers in this thread. I'd also be interested in how
long it takes (minimum) to get back my medical status, assuming I check
clean.


You may not want to know. In an effort to clear up the huge backlog of
Special Issuance renewals, OK City is delaying the processing of new Special
Issuances. If yours comes up as an SI, figure on at least 100 days, after
you provide them with all the testing and documentation they will require.

Sorry.

Got mine 4 months later with the help of www.leftseat.com

Greg


"Dick Meade" wrote in message
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"Scott Moore" wrote in message
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Scott Moore wrote:

Thanks for the good answers in this thread. I'd also be interested in how
long it takes (minimum) to get back my medical status, assuming I check
clean.


You may not want to know. In an effort to clear up the huge backlog of
Special Issuance renewals, OK City is delaying the processing of new
Special Issuances. If yours comes up as an SI, figure on at least 100
days, after you provide them with all the testing and documentation they
will require.

Sorry.

If you handle all of this yourself, going through your AME, I'd bet on
about 8 months after you prove you have the problem under control.

For a significant amount of money, you can use the people at
leftseat.com to expedite the FAA part of the process.

You don't have to stop flying - you can work with an instructor on a
rating if there's one you'd like to have, or you can take a safety
pilot.

You do have to take primary responsibility for resolving your
condition, though. I had bypass surgery several years ago and exercise
rigorously to maintain my conditioning, since I now have to pass an
annual treadmill test for the FAA.

Scott Moore wrote:
Great, I flunked my medical.

Actually, this came close to happening 4 years ago. I tested bad on
blood sugar (I don't know if that means too high or too low). Last time,
I passed it after taking a new blood test after fasting. This time,
the (12 hour) fast didn't help. Last time, I got advised to loose 20lbs
to clear it up, I did, it did, and I have maintained that weight since,
although clearly it didn't help.

So now, official notice is headed for Oklahoma, and now I get to have
extra hassle passing my medical forever. I'm losing another 20lbs, which
I suspect will fix the "issue" again.

How do I get my license back quickly (as possible) ? I have an airplane
that is now a brick. Tell you what, I don't really give a damm if I have
type 2 diabetes. I'm old, something is bound to get me sooner or later.
I care about not being able to fly, that is a definite drop in life
quality.

Anyone been through this ?


An interesting afternote to this. I did what the AOPA recommended, that
is, I sent an A1C to the FAA immediately to chase the negative medical.

The A1C is fine, as am I. It will probally take months (I am told) to
get the paperwork straightened out, though.

The interesting afternote is that, because my airplane is now idle, my
wife has decided to learn to fly. She took her first lesson today, and
likes it a lot.

One door closes, the another opens.

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Scott,

The gentleman who sold his plane to us lost his medical for a short
time years ago for several serious medical issues (two heart surgeries
and diabetic condition). He managed to get it back and continued to
fly until he decided to stop at the age of 78.

When I first learn to fly, it took me 8 months to get the medical
certificate due to an unexplainable fainting spell which lasted for few
months few years back. The FAA rejected my initial application and the
appeal which included complete medical record & reexamination by my
neurologist and his verification statement that I was in perfect health
condition for flying. Being persistent, I kept calling Oklahoma's
office asking to talk to an FAA doctor. After half a dozen tries, one
returned my phone call and was extremely helpful. He suggested me to
obtain a new MRI. When the result came back clean, I got my medical
within few weeks. BTW, I did contact AOPA's office after the initial
rejection and the only advise I got was to send the complete medical
record.

So most likely that you will be allowed to fly again. Just knock
on as many doors as you could to speed up the process.

I'm glad to hear that your wife had decided to learn how to fly.
It's great to have a two-pilot family. This has allowed us to
undertake many long cross-country fllights both VFR and IFR in our
plane which is not equipped with an autopilot.

Best wishes to both of you.

Hai Longworth